Coupling and Stacking Order of ReS2 Atomic Layers Revealed by Ultralow-Frequency Raman Spectroscopy

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• 作者：Rui He ; Jia-An Yan ; Zongyou Yin ; Zhipeng Ye ; Gaihua Ye ; Jason Cheng ; Ju Li ; C. H. Lui
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 10, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：16
• 期：2
• 页码：1404-1409
• 全文大小：425K
• ISSN：1530-6992

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We investigate the ultralow-frequency Raman response of atomically thin ReS₂, a special type of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with unique distorted 1T structure. Bilayer and few-layer ReS₂ exhibit rich Raman spectra at frequencies below 50 cm^–1, where a panoply of interlayer shear and breathing modes are observed. The emergence of these interlayer phonon modes indicate that the ReS₂ layers are coupled and orderly stacked. Whereas the interlayer breathing modes behave similarly to those in other 2D layered crystals, the shear modes exhibit distinctive behavior due to the in-plane lattice distortion. In particular, the two shear modes in bilayer ReS₂ are nondegenerate and clearly resolved in the Raman spectrum, in contrast to the doubly degenerate shear modes in other 2D materials. By carrying out comprehensive first-principles calculations, we can account for the frequency and Raman intensity of the interlayer modes and determine the stacking order in bilayer ReS₂.